Lam Tin

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 藍田／蓝田 (laam⁴ tin⁴).

Proper noun

Lam Tin

1. An area in Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 2021 February 1, Candice Chau, “In Pictures: Hong Kong imposes third overnight Covid-19 lockdown, no cases found after 400 tested”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 October 2021:

     The Hong Kong government imposed a third “ambush-style” lockdown at a housing estate in Lam Tin on Sunday night, as two building blocks recorded 15 coronavirus infections in 12 days.

   • 2023 March 24, Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong traffic accident leaves 87 people injured”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-21, World‎^[3]:

     The accident occurred after midday near a tunnel entrance on Tseung Kwan O Road in Lam Tin, a residential area in Kowloon. A taxi carried out a “careless lane change” and the other vehicles could not stop in time, causing the collision, senior police inspector Lee Pok-kit said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lam Tin.
2. A village of Tsing Yi Rural Committee, Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Synonyms

• (village): Lam Tin Tsuen

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 藍田／蓝田 (laam⁴ tin⁴)

See also

• Lantian

Further reading

• Lam Tin at Google Ngram Viewer